Last week was marked my return to running after taking some time off to nurse a shin splint injury. I’m very excited to report that running has been going quite well. I still am experiencing a tiny bit of lingering shin pain, but stretching seems to help significantly. According to my Cherry Blossom Training Plan […]

You might recall that I recently took a week and a half off of running to let my poor, damaged shins heel. During that time, I did a variety of exercises, iced and did other forms of cardio that wouldn’t hurt my shins (i.e. bikes and towards the end of the week, the elliptical). I knew […]

As I previously wrote about, I’ve been having a problem with shin splints. Because I’m sometimes hard headed, I haven’t taken the necessary rest that I’ve needed. I kept running on my shin splints and last weekend I was actually almost in tears during my run — the pain was that intense. I am so […]

Lately, I’ve been upping my running in preparation for my two races in April. As I’ve started to run further and more frequently, I’ve unfortunately had an annoying companion on my runs: shin splints. The Mayo Clinic says: If you have shin splints, you may notice: Tenderness, soreness or pain along the inner part of your lower leg […]

I’m a couple weeks into my training plan and while the running and cross training is going well, I’m in search of a fun weight training regime to add into the mix. I’ve never done a great job of going to the gym and lifting weights. I can go and knock out planks, pushups, etc., […]

As you all know, I’m (attempting) to train for two big races this spring. The first is the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler on April 7. The second is the Nike Women’s Half Marathon on April 28. I’ve been using a training program on my phone sporadically but there are some limitations. If I do a shorter or […]

As I mentioned, I’ve just started training for both the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler and the Nike Women’s 1/2 Marathon. My plan was to use Jeff Galloway’s run / walk method for training and to get back into running (it’s been a couple months since I’ve run consistently). I hesitate to write this because I’ve […]

As of yesterday, I’m back on the running track. I’m using my RunKeeper App to track my runs and to build to 13.1 miles (again) on April 28, 2013. The app has a half marathon training plan that has me running 3-4 days a week. I’m playing football again on Saturdays, so most likely I’ll […]

Last year, I ran quite a few races. I ran the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (5K), Capital Hill Classic (10K) and the Rock and Roll Half Marathon (13.1 miles). This year, I already have the Cherry Blossom 10 miler and the Nike Women’s 1/2 Marathon on deck. So in 3 short days, my […]

I DID IT! It took about 2.5 hours, lots of sweat, pain, tears and doubts, but I ran my second ever half marathon this past Saturday. And man — I gotta be honest, it kicked my butt a bit. As I wrote about, I began to get really tired of running and so I definitely […]